Title: Spicy Apple Slices
 Categories: Desserts
      Yield: 6 servings
 
      3 lg Apples, washed
           Juice from half a lemon
    1/2 c  Granulated sugar
      1 tb Red hot candies (or 1/2
           -teaspoon ground cinnamon)
    3/4 c  Water
 
  Core and slice the apples. Place apples in a medium bowl and pour the
  lemon juice over them. Toss and set aside.
  
  In a flat pan, combine sugar, candies and water. Bring to a boil over
  medium-high heat. Stir until the sugar and candies dissolve. Add the
  apple slices, a few at a time. Cook until tender, about 3 to 5
  minutes, depending on the thickness of the slices, then remove from
  the syrup. Continue this process until you have poached all the
  apples. Cover and refrigerate the apples until serving time, and
  discard the syrup or refrigerate for other uses.
  
  Serve the apples as a garnish or filling for low-fat cho- colate
  desserts.
  
  Per serving: 51 calories (1 percent from protein, 97 percent from
  carbohydrate, 2 percent from fat), less than 1 gram protein, 14 grams
  carbohydrate, less than 1 gram fat, 0 cholesterol, 0 sodium.
  Exchanges: 1/2 fruit.
  
  From the Oregonian's FOODday, 2/993.